Canberra deserved the win, once they got that wave of momentum, we couldn't stop

i think the eastwood forward pass was the turning point (that and the standard let the other team score before half time no matter the circumstances) , if he looks inside, we go 14 up but he throws an impossible pass that was always gonna go forward

still reasonably happy with the effort, i went in with no hope and took the game to them, they just had to much footy for us in the end

losing kasiano was a killer on top of the origin stuff was a killer, the 3 experienced guys (tolman, graham, eastwood) were amazing, consistently better then their opposition but they all looked gone at the end and as they game opened up, we just got destroyed by their backs

i don't think jmoz playing changes the result or anything but the situation that played out yesterday with him and NSWRL was un-acceptable for a professional sport. i don't know if anyone is to blame but how people think that this type of stuff plus the broncs and cows missing half a dozen players in a multi-million dollar sport is ok, is beyond me.

The NRL can't keep being treated like a reserve grade comp during origin time, its absolutely ridiculous.

i honestly think Jmoz should have played yesterday, the club should have been put first and then if NSW still wanted him, he could back up

@leaguegod wrote:Canberra deserved the win, once they got that wave of momentum, we couldn't stop

i think the eastwood forward pass was the turning point (that and the standard let the other team score before half time no matter the circumstances) , if he looks inside, we go 14 up but he throws an impossible pass that was always gonna go forward

still reasonably happy with the effort, i went in with no hope and took the game to them, they just had to much footy for us in the end

losing kasiano was a killer on top of the origin stuff was a killer, the 3 experienced guys (tolman, graham, eastwood) were amazing, consistently better then their opposition but they all looked gone at the end and as they game opened up, we just got destroyed by their backs

i don't think jmoz playing changes the result or anything but the situation that played out yesterday with him and NSWRL was un-acceptable for a professional sport. i don't know if anyone is to blame but how people think that this type of stuff plus the broncs and cows missing half a dozen players in a multi-million dollar sport is ok, is beyond me.

The NRL can't keep being treated like a reserve grade comp during origin time, its absolutely ridiculous.

i honestly think Jmoz should have played yesterday, the club should have been put first and then if NSW still wanted him, he could back up

I understand what you mean but that would just open a loophole that could (and would) then be exploited.

The simple answer is that the NRL needs to grow a set of knackers, realise the product they have at their disposal and start dictating terms to the TV rights holders.

The NRL seems to think they are doing the right thing by extracting as much $$ as they can regardless of the scheduling but they are lacking foresight, otherwise they would clearly see that this scheduling is damaging the product and will therefore affect future TV rights deals.

In fact, I'd argue that if they sorted their shit out in terms of scheduling, the product would be even better and they would probably be able to extract the same if not more $$ out of the TV rights deals.

I understand what you mean but that would just open a loophole that could (and would) then be exploited.

The simple answer is that the NRL needs to grow a set of knackers, realise the product they have at their disposal and start dictating terms to the TV rights holders.

The NRL seems to think they are doing the right thing by extracting as much $$ as they can regardless of the scheduling but they are lacking foresight, otherwise they would clearly see that this scheduling is damaging the product and will therefore affect future TV rights deals.

In fact, I'd argue that if they sorted their shit out in terms of scheduling, the product would be even better and they would probably be able to extract the same if not more $$ out of the TV rights deals.

would states really want to exploit it ? i know there have be situations in the past but i'd say they would rather not have a player play a club games days before an origin game. i just don't think NSW should be able to throw a team into disarray on game day, i think it was grossly unfair of them to bring jmoz in on the bulldogs game day. they have a Centre on the bench for crying out loud, they should have let morris play and then figured out what to do with the position later.

i completely agree tho, the only reason we have this debate year after year is because the NRL just let 9 dictate everything, NRL comp gets treated like a feeder comp for 2 months and the NRL just always calls the situation "not ideal" "everything will be looked at"

apparently next year, we'll have 1 origin on a stand alone weekend, doing that, the NRL clearly knows what is best the competition but doesn't have enough balls to move all 3 because of the coin

Maybe he's been watching the Tigers for the last two months and assumed the player would do something to fuck up a certain try. A quick review from the video ref confirmed it was in fact the guy who has only been with the club a couple of weeks, so has not yet perfected the art of fucking it up (as it usually takes a few weeks of training with them to pick that up), and therefore awarded the try.